How to Handle Taxes After AT&Ts Spinoff of WarnerMedia – Barrons

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Income-oriented investors in AT&T face a choice when they receive shares of the new Warner Bros. Discovery in a spinoff planned for the second quarter.

They can hold onto the Warner Bros. Discovery stock, which is likely to pay no dividend. Or they can sell the shares and reinvest the proceeds back into AT&T (ticker: T).

Barron’s spoke to…